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AI, cloud and cybersecurity in Riyadh

Sovereign by design.
Intelligent by default.

We architect the AI platforms, sovereign cloud and cyber compliance that Saudi enterprise and government run on — one accountable partner, from board mandate to technical attestation.

In-Kingdom perimeter100% data residency
Integration & SystemsIdentity, interfaces and data flows
  • Data residency100% of workloads and backups inside the Kingdom.

  • Regulatory mappingNCA ECC-2:2024, SAMA CSF, CITC and PDPL read as engineering requirements.

  • DeliverySaudi-based certified engineers, working in Arabic and English.

Projects delivered
2,500+
Clients served
900+
Countries
15
Certified experts
150+

Aligned with

  • NCA ECC-2:2024
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • CITC
  • SAMA CSF
  • PDPL
  • Vision 2030

Capabilities

Three capabilities. One accountable partner.

  • AI & Data

    Sovereign AI platforms, GPU infrastructure and the data foundations underneath them.

    • AI infrastructure design and GPU capacity planning
    • Data platforms, governance and MLOps pipelines
    • Agentic AI use cases with human-in-the-loop control
    Explore AI & Data
  • Cloud & Infrastructure

    Private, hybrid and sovereign cloud with full in-Kingdom data residency.

    • Sovereign private cloud and datacenter design
    • Workload assessment and staged migration waves
    • Resilience, disaster recovery and capacity engineering
    Explore Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Cybersecurity & Compliance

    Regulatory-grade security architecture, assessment and remediation.

    • NCA ECC-2:2024, SAMA CSF and PDPL gap assessments
    • Zero-trust, identity and data-protection architecture
    • Control implementation and audit-readiness evidence
    Explore Cybersecurity & Compliance

The transverse layer

Integration & Systems — what makes the three work as one.

See how we integrate
  • Systems integration

    Making platforms, applications and data estates speak one language.

  • Network & datacenter

    Structured, segmented, documented foundations that pass an audit.

  • Identity & API fabric

    One identity model and one interface contract across the estate.

  • Migration & cutover

    Planned waves, rehearsed rollback, no surprises on go-live night.

Signature programs

Where our clients start.

  • Fixed-scope build

    Sovereign AI Platform

    A GPU-backed AI platform inside your own perimeter: reference architecture, sizing, procurement support, deployment and handover to your team.

    Programme detail: Sovereign AI Platform
  • Phased program

    Private Cloud Foundation

    In-Kingdom private cloud with data residency, disaster recovery and a costed migration plan for your first three workload waves.

    Programme detail: Private Cloud Foundation
  • Assess, then remediate

    ECC-2:2024 Compliance

    Gap assessment across every ECC-2:2024 domain, a prioritised remediation roadmap and the evidence pack your regulator will ask for.

    Programme detail: ECC-2:2024 Compliance

Global incident response community

Proud member of FIRST.

Our CSIRT, NEXTCOR, is a member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. Membership connects our responders to a trusted global network of incident response teams, so an incident in your estate is handled with the reach of that community and the accountability of a team working in Saudi Arabia.

View our team record on first.org(opens in a new tab)
NEXTCORNext Step Cybersecurity Operations & Response
FIRST member since
Countries of operation
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Tunisia
  • France
  • Libya
  • Mauritania
  • Rwanda

Sectors

Built for the sectors carrying Vision 2030.

  • Government

    Sovereign platforms for public-sector entities

  • Banking & Finance

    SAMA-aligned architecture and controls

  • Telecommunications

    Carrier-grade infrastructure and CITC alignment

  • Energy

    Mission-critical and OT-adjacent environments

  • Healthcare

    Patient-data protection and clinical continuity

  • Retail

    Commerce platforms and customer data estates

  • Education

    Research computing and learning platforms

  • Smart Cities

    Giga-project IoT, data and edge platforms

Why Next Step

  • In-Kingdom by default

    Data residency and infrastructure inside Saudi Arabia, with sovereignty written into the architecture rather than bolted on afterwards.

  • Saudi-based engineering

    Certified engineers and architects delivering on site with your teams, in Arabic and English, under one accountable contract.

  • Regulatory fluency

    We read NCA, SAMA, CITC and PDPL as engineering requirements — control by control, evidence by evidence.

  • Partner depth

    Direct partner status with the platform vendors your estate already runs on, so design decisions survive procurement.

Technology partners

Direct partner with the vendors your estate already runs.

Cloud, platforms & infrastructure

Where the workloads run

  • Microsoft
  • Red Hat
  • VMware by Broadcom
  • Dell EMC
  • Cisco

Network, endpoint & access

The perimeter and who crosses it

  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Fortinet
  • Sophos
  • Barracuda
  • WALLIX

Detection, risk & awareness

Seeing exposure before an auditor does

  • Rapid7
  • Secureworks
  • LogRhythm
  • BitSight
  • KnowBe4

Continuity, quality & standards

Recovering, monitoring and certifying

  • Veeam
  • Commvault
  • SolarWinds
  • SonarQube
  • PECB

They trusted us

900+ organisations across 15 countries.

  • The World Bank
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • World Health Organization
  • Agence Française de Développement
  • KfW Bankengruppe
  • African Development Fund
  • GIZ
  • Central Bank of Libya
  • Banque Centrale de Tunisie
  • Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
  • U.S. Department of State
  • Ministry of National Guard, Saudi Arabia
  • Rwanda National Police
  • Douane Tunisienne
  • Elm
  • Orange
  • Ooredoo
  • TotalEnergies
  • EY
  • Carrefour
  • Al Baraka
  • Hikma
  • Kia
  • Ala Kaifak
  • Ejabiah

Take the next step toward sovereignty.

Bring us a mandate, an estate or an audit finding. We come back with an architecture, a sequence and a costed plan.